Aaron Bell

Though he studied at Xavier University and played in lots of New Orleans bands, Aaron Bell was simply no traditionalist. He was rather one of the better bassists ever within the Duke Ellington music group; his effective lines and elegant, yet durable support supplied a rich existence in the tempo section alongside drummer Sam Woodyard as well as the Duke on piano. Bell is at the Navy from 1942 to 1946, after that caused Andy Kirk in 1947. He came back to his indigenous Oklahoma and trained music before resuming his very own education at NY University. Bell documented and caused Lucky Millinder, Teddy Wilson and Lester Teen within the ’50s, while leading his very own trio. They documented in 1955 and 1958. Bell supported vocalists, and used combos and in the Broadway present “Compulsion” before signing up for Ellington in 1960. He continued to be until 1962, after that did periods and proved helpful in movie theater. He became citizen composer at La Mama, an experimental NJ movie theater, in 1972. Bell also trained music in Newark and gained his experts at Columbia in 1975. He continuing to instruct until retiring within the early-’90s; he passed on in a Bronx, NY medical center on July 28, 2003 at age 82. Aaron Bell could be noticed on various periods from, amongst others, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Johnny Hodges, and Billy Vacation, .